During my discussion with a client, I mentioned that at RCM Health Consultancy, we have a poet in residence. Stunned silence. Why would a health consultancy have a poet in residence. I explained that Tricia is a very skillful poet and that Tricia is able to help our clients to ...
One of our parent coaches got a call at 1AM from a client. Being a grandmother, she does not shut off her ringer at night. One of our family office clients was out on the street. He is 23 years of age. He was sleeping in his student residence when ...
The Global Alliance for vaccine equity (GAVI) has accused Canada of creating a two tier healthcare system for vaccines for COVID 19. Hundreds of heads of state and global health leaders made an unprecedented commitment to work together to accelerate the development and production of new vaccines, tests and treatments ...
COVID 19 is an accelerant of change. Companies and institutions are changing 20 to 25 times faster than before COVID 19. I took a course at Harvard Medical School about ten years ago. It focused on the use of telehealth technologies in treating mental health disorders. The evidence was presented. ...
Laura had been in and out of hospital for 7 months with several major problems. But it took 7 months for her to be referred to a cardiologist. The swelling of her legs and shortness of breath were the symptoms that triggered the referral to cardiology. When cardiology saw Laura, ...
Long term care can be expensive. A retirement centre can cost between $5,000 to $7,000 per month. Extra support costs even more. Home care that is 24*7 can cost $15,000 to $20,000 per month. No one really thinks about or plans for these expenses. The insurers have tried to market ...
The Value Of Case Conferences: Arranging for the treating team of doctors to have a conversation about a patient's case is called a case conference. Case conferences can be decisive in helping to make big decisions about both investigations and treatments for patients especially when the patient is complex. Unfortunately, ...
Google does know everything. And google keeps aggregating information on a constant and continous basis. Thank heavens for Google. So why do we have to know and remember anything? Why stuff our brains full of detail when the details can be retrieved with a simple Google search. Ask Google. Get ...
It is a great irony that a pandemic is changing healthcare delivery in radical ways. I was challenged by the medical establishment for using telehealth about 5 years ago. I had partnered with pharmacies in remote communities to provide advice about travel medications. A doctor in the community complained about ...
For adults with depression, CBT delivered over the phone is as effective at reducing symptoms as CBT delivered face to face. Two trials looking at CBT for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) – one in adults and one in young people – also found no differences in effectiveness. Telephone treatment is cost-effective too: the improvements in quality ...